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took leave of our good friend Mr Gillet, and proceeded 

 homewards to make preparations for our departure. 



Besides the pears, Mr Van Mons sent cions of more than thirty kinds 

 of apples, from young trees raised from the seed, most of them by himself, 

 in the same manner as the pear-trees. All of these he considers as of good 

 or highly promising qualities, and several of them as likely to be well adapt- 

 ed to the climate of Scotland. The following were the names communi- 

 cated. 



Reinette Bernard Keiser 



Pepin Duquesne Bel Ecossais 



Reinette Diel Belle-fleur StofFels 



Cazin Du Petit Thouars 



Reinwardt Prince de Waterloo 



Reinette Bosc Princesse Anne 



Calville Kops Keinkhurdt 



Pepin Devos , Ransteben 



Mincklers Pepin Ringler 



Reinette Michaux Pepin Cels 



Calville Bosc Reinette de Geer 



Calville pepin Pepin Cork 



Pepin Seyhers Pepin Henckel 



Grinstone Vertue 



Reinette Drapier Bouvier 



Pepin Meuris Pepin Kickx 



Prince-Royal No. 159. (pas encore nomme). 



The cions had been well packed in moss (hypnum and sphagnum), and 

 arrived in good order. Some rows of healthy and well-established stocks 

 were appropriated to their reception, in the nurseries of Messrs Dicksons 

 and Co. Leith Walk, and in those of Messrs Dicksons Brothers, at Brough- 

 ton. All of the cions afforded two grafts, and some of them three. In 

 both places, the grafting was performed with great care. As the cions had 

 necessarily been exposed to a certain degree of drying or shrivelling, a prac- 

 tice sometimes adopted by the cautious horticulturists was resorted to : af- 

 ter the grafts had been put on, tied and clayed, the earth of the alleys was 

 drawn up towards the plants, so as to cover not only the stocks, but the 

 clay-ball, and even one-half of the graft itself. This accumulation of soil, 

 not only prevented the clay from falling off, but kept the whole in a moist 

 and fresh state. Owing to this precaution, the severe drought which took 



